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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RichV" data-source="post: 1136196" data-attributes="member: 17007">Yea, that's a lot to be desired from this 70's Fairmont chassis. Not sure how much track experience you have, I'm guessing prolly not much since you're comparing F1 to SN95, lol.What I've learned through my years of open tracking is get a set of sticky tires and take the the car on a road course and notice where it needs help. Like when you come up on a tight corner at 100mph+ and your ass end does a little wiggle under braking, those would be the LCAs ready for replacement. When you get a ton of understeer, but only in a certain part of only some turns, those would be your FCA bushings being real soft, then when your steering wheel is continualy see-sawing, that would be rack bushings wobbling around. Bad shocks and struts will cause the car to be unstable in a lot of areas in addition to the above. My chassis is all tied together with a 6 point road cage, which you do not want in a street car. The SN's chassis is miles ahead of the Foxes, filling the box channels with spray foam seems rediculous, if anything it would be to quiet things down, but like I said, this chassis compared to a Fox is much stiffer. The metal is thicker and the welds seem much more solid. Welding more bars everywhere will not make this chassis better, there is still a lot to be desired in the general design of the suspension. The SNs are very capable out of the box with simple aftermarket parts, will it achieve the 80's supercar standards, I have no idea. But there is not a practical reason for it, now lets hit the race track!!</blockquote>